Prohibition
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something. A law that prohibits something, especially alcohol.
Example sentence: Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws.
Inhibition
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the act of inhibiting.the state of being inhibited.something that inhibits.